SWK 334 Social Work Practice I

3 credit hours

Establish understanding of social work ethics and values. Develop and strengthen understanding and application of social work roles and skills. Explore the stages of social work change process. Develop professional skills such as self-awareness, engagement, interviewing, observation, building professional helping relationships, identification of ethical conflicts, and the ability to use ethical decision making. Examine theories that drive social work practice and integrate knowledge and understanding of human behavior, social policy, research, and diversity awareness into social work practice. Students are required to complete 50 hours of job shadowing outside of class times. This is the first generalist social work practice course in a two-course sequence.

Prerequisite: SWK 111 Introduction To Social Work And Social Welfare
Course is Offered: FA Every Year